Display View
The Display view (in the Debug perspective) shows expression results in an unstructured format. Use it as a temporary work area in which to place expressions and calculate their values. Table 14 shows the commands on the Display view's toolbar.
Table 7-6. Display view toolbar
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Icon |
Description |
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Inspect the selected expression. |
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Display the selected expression. |
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Evaluate the selected expression. |
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Erase everything in the Display view. |
There are four different ways to evaluate expressions in the Eclipse debugger:
- Inspect (Ctrl+Shift+I or Run â Inspect)
Show the value of an expression in an expandable tree format. Optionally, copy it into the Expressions view. The value is never recalculated.
- Display (Ctrl+Shift+D or Run â Display)
Show the value of an expression in a simple string format. Optionally, copy it into the Display view. The value is never recalculated.
- Execute (Ctrl+U or Run â Execute)
Evaluate the expression but don't show its value.
- Watch (Run â Watch)
Copy an expression into the Expressions view. Its value is recalculated every time you do a Step ...
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